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Kristen Lopez @kristenklopez.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Holy shit!! @shudder.com becomes the home of TALES FROM THE CRYPT. Streaming once again after a 30 year hiatus! And nearly one year before my book on the series drops in 2027! Best day ever.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family

A Manticore with the caption "I am not a toy. I am not a pet. I am not a Christmas present. I am a 400 year commitment."

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Nick Bosa is about to get a 100 across the board rating in Madden.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Looking forward to the weekend? (Us too). Molly Templeton brings some recommendations for your free time, for whenever you're not playing Silksong. reactormag.com/what-to-watc...

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What to Watch and Read This Weekend: We Have Tomb Raider At Home - Reactor

Plus strange little things, superior adaptations, and cursed bunnies.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness: reactormag.com/creativity-v...

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Creativity vs. Control: Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and A.I. "Art" - Reactor

Wendy Xu discusses creativity and the importance of getting through hardship.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Got some time to kill this weekend? @mollytempleton.com recommends some genre fiction highlights for you to check out, from catching up on the Hugo Awards noms to an essay by Hanif Abdurraqib to what to binge after finishing the newest season of Wednesday! reactormag.com/what-to-watc...

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What to Watch and Read This Weekend: Weapons, Wednesday, and Hot Vampire Summer - Reactor

Struggling with the dog days of summer? Here's what to watch and read for the weekend of August 8th.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Today's Classic Cover is Piper by Brett Rutherford and John Robertson! Lisa Falkenstern has illustrated nearly 1000 book covers, including this one!

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Sammy Ratner @sammymr.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Plenty of movies on Letterboxd that I feel like people absolutely sleep on but this is very much one that I'm surprised doesn't have more love on there given its cult status

A poster for the 1984 sci-fi comedy-horror film Night of the Comet

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Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 14/05/2025

whatever the book, it should definitely be a book left out where the kid can find it after being told "I don't know, that might be too scary for you, maybe you shouldn't read it." (this is how you make a reader for life)

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Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

A tribute to one of my favorite little corners of the film world: Movie trailers that feature footage that was never meant to appear in the final film:

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20 Movie Trailers With Footage Shot Just For the Trailer

These ads featured scenes that were never intended to appear in the finished film.

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

BREAKING: Monstro ElisaSue from THE SUBSTANCE has arrived at the 2025 #MetGala!

The 2025 Met Gala carpet with THE SUBSTANCE's Monstro ElisaSue.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Takes like this remind us that success in creative industries is more ambiguous than ever. If something isn't undeniable across every conceivable metric, its success and the future of works like it can be spun in many ways according to the whims and wishes of those in control.

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‘Sinners’ Is a Box Office Success (With a Big Asterisk)

Ryan Coogler’s original horror film was expected to sell a strong $46 million in tickets over the weekend, enough for No. 1. But its profitability remains a long way off.

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The Twilight Zone @thenightgallery.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

"In his grave, we praise him for his decency—but when he walked amongst us, we responded with no decency of our own." Four days after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., The Los Angeles Times published a letter from Rod Serling: thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/s...

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Feels like a good time to remind people that sharing those awful Studio Ghibli AI images (even to dunk on them) still counts as sharing them, which is what the people behind that technology and the individual images want at any cost.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I just try to remind myself that Pittsburgh isn't real and that it can't hurt you. #ThePitt

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I've found it, the perfect encapsulation of Bluesky. Bluesky distilled to its purest molecular form

An account called minionswag posts a shitty AI image of a minion holding a sign that says "F Trump" with the post "#Hitler #tesla FUCK TRUMP"

An account called "looking for BF free GF" replies "while I agree with you message I disagree that a minion would be so vulgar with there language and use the F. Please rewatch the minon movies. #watchyoumouth #noswearing"

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I have a hard time trusting people who are surprised whenever there is a scandal about a streamer or YouTuber. "Can you believe what Dr. SexWaffles did?" Yes, I probably can.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I would have fought to preserve our national parks as protected lands rather than the places where they pimp vroom-vroom Tonka trucks to douchebags, but I'm not president.

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

More Gene Hackman? Yes. From us, on the New Hollywood: midcenturycinema.org/2020/02/02/n... @mbyrd.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/gene-... @honorszombie.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/tributes/i-t... J Windolf: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/s... Ben Stiller: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

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Opinion | Ben Stiller on Gene Hackman’s Simple Truth

What he told me on the set of “The Royal Tenenbaums” has stayed with me ever since.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

If I was in charge of the greatest spying machine in human history, I'd damn sure find a way to turn my butthole lazer fantasies into butthole lazer realities.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Monolith Productions made absolutely brilliant games that were often easier to appreciate in retrospect (No One Lives Forever, Tron 2.0, Condemned). They were finally being recognized for entertaining while innovating. Now they're a victim of the industry they often creatively subverted.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Internal documents suggest the next Bond will be: - In his late 50s, early 60s - Bald - "Self-made billionaire" - Divorced, but it was totally for the best. Having the time of their life, actually. Never better.

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Amazon Gains Creative Control Over the James Bond Franchise

The British family that has for decades held complete control over everything involving the globe-trotting superspy is relinquishing it to Amazon.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This is the future we get when we let people who enjoy motion smoothing make executive decisions.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover

Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Sure, but reaping the benefits of others' work is a pretty classic Elon move.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Just shaaring this article on a day when the danger of being dragged into a vague idea of the past feels more real than ever. www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-twili...

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The Twilight Zone Was a Warning About the Dangers of Nostalgia

The Twilight Zone addressed the dangers of nostalgia at at time that many are hopelessly nostalgic for.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Wrote some thoughts about David Lynch for @denofgeek.bsky.social and paid tribute to the line that showed his incredible ability to tap into the raw humanity of his stories. www.denofgeek.com/movies/david...

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The David Lynch Line That Reveals the Humanity of His Work

The late David Lynch left us with all-time great films, a revolutionary TV series, and a line that reveals the humanity at the center of it all.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I've weirdly become nostalgic for the commercials I grew up with. Commercials used to be not just better but occasionally culturally significant. Even modern Super Bowl ads feel devoid of humor, creativity, and entertainment. I'll trade every drug commercial for any beer or chip ad.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I'm curious what people think the "golden age" of the internet was. Nostalgia is obviously a factor, but what era was the peak of the internet as both a cultural concept and a functional service? Late '90s? Mid-2000s? 2010s?

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

We need to start having the "separating the art from the artist" conversation before the artist does something. Even when it's done positively, it's harmful in the long run to consistently elevate the entirety of an individual just because we enjoy their work.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

"Gentlemen, the movie starring a monkey as the avatar for a singer that half of our market doesn't know about has failed. Let's never do anything interesting with the music biopic again" - Cigar smoking man, secret movie industry backroom.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

They're about to have to hang the "This is Fine" dog meme from the rafters.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The whole night should have been Nicolas Cage facts.

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

A sequined symbiote consumes Adrien Brody's shoulder. The world watches, humbled. #goldenglobes

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Matthew Byrd @mbyrd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Every award show acting nomination should come with a clip of the performance. I will not die on this hill. It's small and lonely, and I'm trying to be reasonable in the new year.

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